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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Snickerdoodles!

Remember when you were a kid and someone's mom used to make Snickerdoodle cookies?

Not my mom...

My mom only ever made Italian Cookies at Christmas. And the occasional Chocolate Chip Cookies. It wasn't until I got older and moved out of the house and my mother really began to make other cookies.

And still only around Christmas.

Any rate, remember those Snickerdoodle cookies?

They were those light little round cookies sprinkled with cinnamon on top.

They were always so yummy. I always wanted to make them, but still never have.

The closest I came is making Snickerdoodle cupcakes. The recipe (posted below) found on Cupcake Fun.com.

An easy enough cupcake, the butter cupcake batter making a deliciously light textured cupcake. The frosting was totally not what I was expecting. I expected a buttercream-esque. Not Meringue Pie -esque.

I guess I should have known when the frosting recipce called for 3 Tablespoons of Meringue Powder. I have used the Wilton Buttercream recipe which calls for Meringue Powder so was expecting that. I have never made actual Meringue anything but I guess now I can't say that anymore.

I can't stand Meringue. Frosting that is. I am probably the only person on the face of this earth that actually scrapes the Meringue Frosting off my Lemon Meringue Pie.

YUCK!

The funny thing is my husband loved these cupcakes. And he is a classic tastes sort of guy. He doesn't like buttercream but loved the meringue on these cupcakes.

This was also my first foray into filling a cupcake. I have the filling tip #230 and while I thought it was easy enough I realize that I did not fill these with enough of the Cinnamon Cream Cheese filling as it was lost in the cupcake. Lesson learned.

In mixer bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla and almond flavor. Mix flour with baking powder and salt.Add flour mixture alternately with milk, starting with the flour.

Those look really yummy. If you're looking for a good snickerdoodle cookie recipe, Nigella Lawson has one in 'How to be a Domestic Goddess'. It was a treat I never knew anything about as I grew up in the UK, but I'm a real convert now!

I know this is kind of a late comment, but I stumbled upon your blog a few weeks ago and fell in love with this Snickerdoodle cupcake recipe. I found to occasion to make them last week when my daughter's college professor got her doctorate and the class wanted to celebrate so she volunteered me to make cupcakes. The first thing I thought of was SNICKER DOODLE CUPCAKES!!!

This was my first time trying to fill cupcakes. Heck, my first time filling ANYTHING. Was definitely challenging but they were a hit! Everyone went crazy over the cupcakes. Said they were the best cupcakes they'd ever tasted. I took a few extra to work and go the came comments.

Super moist cupcakes. The filling was killer. And the icing wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.